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EST-2014-L-102022
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Title_of_text
Act of 11 June 2014 on Employment of Seafarers (consolidation).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Estonia
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2014-06-11
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Establishes, inter alia, the scope of the application of the act, the concepts of seafarers employment contract, crew members, ship owners, peculiarities of entry into seafarers employment contract (Chapter II), the rights and obligations of crew members, ship-owners and masters of ships (Chapter III), including specification of working and resting time, holidays, repatriation of crew members, Compliance of Working and Living Conditions of Crew Members with Requirements. Further, defines the expiry of seafarers employment contract (Chapter IV), also the extension and cancellation thereof, crew members, employment placement (Chapter V), also deals with the state supervision, liability.
The act is adopted pursuant, inter alia, to Council Directive 92/29/EEC on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels (OJ L 113, 30.04.1992, pp. 19-36); Council Directive 1999/63/EC concerning the Agreement on the organization of working time of seafarers concluded by the European Community Ship-owners Association (ECSA) and the Federation of Transport Workers' Unions in the European Union (FST) (OJ L 167, 02.07.1999, pp. 33-37).
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2014-07-01
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
2014-07-10 (EST-2014-R-112520)
Regulation N° 111 of 10 July 2014 on Procedure for Keeping Record of Crew Members’ Hours of Work and Hours of Rest.
Implementing text(s)
2014-07-10 (EST-2014-R-112522)
Regulation N° 112 of 10 July 2014 on Requirements for Conditions of Accommodation of Crew Members on Board Ships (consolidation).
Implementing text(s)
2014-07-24 (EST-2014-R-112523)
Regulation N° 50 of 24 July 2014 on Requirements for Organisation of Medical Care on Board Ships and List of Medical Equipment Required on Board Ships (consolidation).
Implementing text(s)
2014-07-23 (EST-2014-R-112524)
Regulation N° 49 of 23 July 2014 on Rations of Food per Crew Member and Procedure for Catering.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1992-03-31 (EEU-1992-DI-28967)
Directive 92/29/CEE du Conseil du 31 mars 1992 concernant les prescriptions minimales de sécurité et de santé pour promouvoir une meilleure assistance médicale à bord des navires.
Related text(s)
1999-06-21 (EEU-1999-DI-67950)
Directive 1999/63/CE du Conseil du 21 juin 1999 concernant l'accord relatif à l'organisation du temps de travail des gens de mer, conclu par l'Association des armateurs de la Communauté européenne (ECSA) et la Fédération des syndicats des transports de l'Union européenne (FST).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line (Unofficial translation)
Author
Riigi Teataja
Country
Estonia
URL
https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/Riigikogu/act/504072023004/consolide
File
EST-102022.pdf (PDF (in English) (as amended))